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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194705249" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194705249">(Apr 20 2020 at 17:07)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="119529">Tshepang Lekhonkhobe</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Discord.20.2F.20Zulip/near/194648842" title="#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Discord.20.2F.20Zulip/near/194648842">said</a>:</p>
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<p>in offices, the water cooler is where people would have unplanned meets, talking about this and that</p>
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<p>hm I dont even remember seeing water coolers in the (few) offices I have been in^^</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194706173" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Wesley Wiser <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194706173">(Apr 20 2020 at 17:17)</a>:</h4>
<p>I think it's mostly an American thing. For various reasons, a lot of people don't feel comfortable drinking tap water here so offices typically contract a company to provide spring/filtered water.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194711453" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Josh Triplett <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194711453">(Apr 20 2020 at 18:01)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="125250">@Wesley Wiser</span> <span class="user-mention" data-user-id="120791">@RalfJ</span> We just have a water filtration system and separate taps for "filtered cold water" and "filtered near-boiling water" at the small kitchen.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194711490" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Josh Triplett <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194711490">(Apr 20 2020 at 18:01)</a>:</h4>
<p>We have a separate "hanging out and talking" area. But the metaphor remains.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194711548" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Wesley Wiser <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194711548">(Apr 20 2020 at 18:01)</a>:</h4>
<p>Yeah, I've seen a lot of newer offices do it that way in the US</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194711632" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Wesley Wiser <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194711632">(Apr 20 2020 at 18:02)</a>:</h4>
<p>Or "newly renovated" perhaps...</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194711656" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> Josh Triplett <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194711656">(Apr 20 2020 at 18:02)</a>:</h4>
<p>Seems much more economical and less wasteful than bottled water.</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194711868" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194711868">(Apr 20 2020 at 18:04)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="125250">Wesley Wiser</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Discord.20.2F.20Zulip/near/194706173" title="#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Discord.20.2F.20Zulip/near/194706173">said</a>:</p>
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<p>I think it's mostly an American thing. For various reasons, a lot of people don't feel comfortable drinking tap water here so offices typically contract a company to provide spring/filtered water.</p>
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<p>I dont remember a water cooler in mozilla's portland office either...<br>
but in my head I now substituted it by "(office) kitchen" and then it transfers easily to Europe :D</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194712004" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194712004">(Apr 20 2020 at 18:05)</a>:</h4>
<p>but I also never never understood the US habit drinking cooled water even when the outside temperature is moderate and there is AC, so I'd probably see a water cooler and think for myself "ah, water that's too cold to drink, where do I get normally temperated water?" ;)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194712062" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194712062">(Apr 20 2020 at 18:06)</a>:</h4>
<p>"no ice please" is probably my single most used phrase in US restaurants :P</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194712135" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194712135">(Apr 20 2020 at 18:07)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention silent" data-user-id="125250">Wesley Wiser</span> <a href="#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Discord.20.2F.20Zulip/near/194706173" title="#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/Discord.20.2F.20Zulip/near/194706173">said</a>:</p>
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<p>I think it's mostly an American thing. For various reasons, a lot of people don't feel comfortable drinking tap water here so offices typically contract a company to provide spring/filtered water.</p>
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<p>one reason being that most US tap water (in my experience) is undrinkable due to how mow chlorine it contains?^^</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194712176" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> RalfJ <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194712176">(Apr 20 2020 at 18:07)</a>:</h4>
<p>(also sorry for derailing this into curious US/Europe cultural differences)</p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194721964" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> DPC <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194721964">(Apr 20 2020 at 19:31)</a>:</h4>
<p><em>reads this while drinking water from the tap directly</em></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/194867620" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> scottmcm <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#194867620">(Apr 21 2020 at 22:04)</a>:</h4>
<p><span class="user-mention" data-user-id="120791">@RalfJ</span> Yeah, I said that without even thinking about how my office doesn't have a literal water cooler either <span aria-label="sweat smile" class="emoji emoji-1f605" role="img" title="sweat smile">:sweat_smile:</span></p>



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<h4><a href="https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com#narrow/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin%20of%20%22water%20cooler%22/near/196198336" class="zl"><img src="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/assets/img/zulip.svg" alt="view this post on Zulip" style="width:20px;height:20px;"></a> pnkfelix <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/zulip_archive/stream/122653-zulip/topic/origin.20of.20.22water.20cooler.22.html#196198336">(May 04 2020 at 15:37)</a>:</h4>
<p>/me goes ahead and renames all the messages regarding origin of "water cooler" term</p>



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